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100+ Latest Verbal ability English Question Answer TCS
1.Select the option, that is most appropriate for the blank He ___ helped us if he’d really wanted to,
a)could have
b)could
c)should
d)may have
a
2.Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Hasn’t he submitted the project yet? He does have a tendency to _ .
a.Bite off more than he can chew.
b.Bite into more than he could chew
c.Bite more off than he can chew
d.Bite off more than he had chew
c
Read the following passage and answer the given questions.
Possibly Africa’s most famous ethnic group, the Maasai people are semi-nomadic people located primarily in Kenya and Northern Tanzania. They are considered to be part of the Nilotic family of African tribes, just like the Schilluk from sudan and the Acholi from Uganda.
According to their own oral history, the Maasai people originated in the Nile Valley in Northern Africa and migrated south around 15th century with their cattle. Why they did this is not known, however, history believe it was simply out of need for better grazing land. In their southward expansion, the Maasai found such land and satisfied their desire for more cattle by waging devastating warfare and continual cattle raids on other tribes. They quickly spread south through the Rift Valley when the fertile grasslands were ideal for their cattle and around the 18th century, reached the present-day territories in Kenya and Tanzania.
Once considered fierce warriors and feared by all tribes in the area, the Maasai lost much of that power in the 19th century. In tribe fighting was detrimental to the growth of the tribe as a whole, and contributed outbreaks of human and cattle disease, followed by severe droughts, decimated both the herds and population of the Maasai. As a result, the Maasai tribe lost lands they had already conquered, and when the British and German colonisers arrived, the Maasai were in no position to avoid colonial conquest and their lands diminished.
Nevertheless, the Maasai turned their backs upon the prizes and temptations offered by the West and despite education, civilization, and western cultural influences, they remained faithful to their ancestry and traditional of life, making them the strong symbol they are today of East African culture.
3.”In tribe fighting” means
1)fighting along the tribe
2)fighting with other tribes
3)fighting within the tribe
4)fighting for the tribe
3
Read the following passage and answer the given questions.
Possibly Africa’s most famous ethnic group, the Maasai people are semi-nomadic people located primarily in Kenya and Northern Tanzania. They are considered to be part of the Nilotic family of African tribes, just like the Schilluk from sudan and the Acholi from Uganda.
According to their own oral history, the Maasai people originated in the Nile Valley in Northern Africa and migrated south around 15th century with their cattle. Why they did this is not known, however, history believe it was simply out of need for better grazing land. In their southward expansion, the Maasai found such land and satisfied their desire for more cattle by waging devastating warfare and continual cattle raids on other tribes. They quickly spread south through the Rift Valley when the fertile grasslands were ideal for their cattle and around the 18th century, reached the present-day territories in Kenya and Tanzania.
Once considered fierce warriors and feared by all tribes in the area, the Maasai lost much of that power in the 19th century. In tribe fighting was detrimental to the growth of the tribe as a whole, and contributed outbreaks of human and cattle disease, followed by severe droughts, decimated both the herds and population of the Maasai. As a result, the Maasai tribe lost lands they had already conquered, and when the British and German colonisers arrived, the Maasai were in no position to avoid colonial conquest and their lands diminished.
Nevertheless, the Maasai turned their backs upon the prizes and temptations offered by the West and despite education, civilization, and western cultural influences, they remained faithful to their ancestry and traditional of life, making them the strong symbol they are today of East African culture.
4.Select the correct chronological order of the following events.
1) They started waging devastating warfare and continual cattle raids on other tribes and quickly spread south through the Rift Valley.
2) They contributed outbreaks of human and cattle disease, followed by severe droughts.
3) They reached the present-day territories in Kenya and Tanzania.
4) British and German colonisers arrived, the Maasai were in no position to avoid colonial conquest.
5) They originated south of the Nile Valley with their cattle and for better grazing land.
Option
a)AEBDC
b)EACBD
c)EBACD
d)ACEDB
b
5.Sentence of a paragraph is given here in jumbled order. Arrange the sentence in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Because this involves so many governmental departments the task is complex, but Chennai residents are hoping that in five years-time, the river will be revive again.
B. To revive the river, the first tasks were the resettlement of people living along the river and migrating the sewage flow along with setting up storage parts.
C. Over the past three decades, it was used as a dumping site not only for building debris but for municipal as well as industrial waste.
D. The Adayar river in Chennai has been officially labelled as ‘dead’ as pollutants had depleted all the oxygen in the water.
a)BCAD
b)DCBA
c)DABC
d)BADC
b
6.select the correct alternative
1.Market like Janpath and Connaught place _________very trendy clothes
A.have a lot of shops selling
B.have lot many number of shops selling
C.have a lot number of shops that were selling
D.no improvement needed
A
7.Human beings have always had a limit to the amount of information they could meaningfully ______ in any given day.
a) duplicate
b) remember
c) encode
d) none of these
C
8.Select the option that is the meaning of the underlined word/segment in the given context. He showed off his spanking new bike to all his friends.
a. newly renovated
b. well used
c. second hand
d. brand new
A
In each of the following questions, a paragraph with a blank is
given. From the five choices given below, select the sentence which can go into the blank to make the paragraph logically coherent.
9.Air-pollution is one of the gravest problems faced by city-dwellers. Foul gas liberated from heaps of waste matter is one source of pollution. [ _ ] Recently the Government has made arrangements to measure it. If it is above the allowable limit the vehicles are prohibited from plying along the public roads.
(1) Another source is the smoke emitted by
vehicles.
(2) Foul water in the channels is
another.
(3) The smell from toddy shops pollutes the
air.
(4) Open drainage pollutes the air.
(5) Corruption is the breeding ground for all
evils.
1
10. In each of the following questions, a paragraph with a blank is given. From the five choices given below, select the sentence which can go into the blank to make the paragraph logically coherent.
Many film-stars have recently migrated to the area of television. [ _] As the
viewers increase their popularity also increases. TV serials appear to be more paying than the feature films.
(1) Television gives a better chance of action.
(2) There they have a greater number of
viewers.
(3) Television is a household affair.
(4) If we do not like a TV program we can
turn it off.
(5) Television is useful in many ways
2
11.A sentence is written in five different forms. Only one of them is grammatically correct. Mark the number of the correct sentence as your answer
(1) After returning from the trip, he
described about his journey to his friends.
(2) After returning back from the trip, he
described about his journey to his friends.
(3) After his return from the trip, he described
about his journey to his friends.
(4) After his returning from the trip, he
described about his journey to his friends.
(5) After returning from the trip, he described
his journey to his friends.
5
12.A sentence is written in five different forms. Only one of them is grammatically correct. Mark the number of the correct sentence as your answer.
(1) Each of the participants were given a
gift.
(2) Everyone of the participants were given a
gift.
(3) All of the participants was given a gift.
(4) Each of the participants was given a gift.
(5) Each of the participant was given a gift.
4
13.Find the meaning of the given idiom.
On thin ice
(1) on the verge of ruins
(2) unbounded
(3) in the open air
(4) In a precarious situation
(5) to disappear suddenly
4
14.Each question gives a sentence with a part of the sentence underlined that may contain an error Five alternative substitutes are given for the underlined portion. Identify the choice that replaces the underlined part to form a logical
and grammatically correct statement and mark its number as your answer.
I am hoping to see you again tomorrow at the party.
(1) I am hoping to see you
(2) I may have seen you
(3) I have been seeing you
(4) I hope to see you
(5) I will be hoping to see you
4
15.If he had not confessed his guilt he would have been killed by the mob.
(1) If he had not confess to his guilt
(2) If he had not confessed his guilt
(3) If he did not confess to his guilt
(4) He confessed to his guilt or
(5) If he confesses his guilt
2
16.Anthony left school _ the age of 10 and found a job in a factory.
(1) By
(2) At
(3) Since
(4) In
(5) Below
2
17.Most Chinese _ European first names to be their surnames.
(1) determine
(2) attempt
(3) feel
(4) believe
(5) assume
5
18.Queen Victoria was so when she read “Alice in Wonderland” that she wrote a/an note to Lewis Carroll.
(1)enchanted . . . appreciative
(2)captivated . . . promising
(3)lured . . .admiring
(4)enticed . . .impressive
(5)nonplussed . . .speculative
1
19.The Vatican was our final stop in Italy
before we embarked on our journey homeward.
(1) decided
(2) pursued
(3) proceeded
(4) started
(5) concluded
4
20.The cosmetic preparations that are used for
beautifying oneself have deleterious effects.
(1) harmful
(2) unpredictable
(3) tremendous
(4) beneficial
(5) lasting
1
21.Each question gives a word followed by five choices. From the choices, select the most suitable synonym(word which means the same) for the main word and mark its number as your answer.
SURROGATE
(1) influence
(2) nourish
(3) substitute
(4) indicate
(5) supervision
3
DETER
(1) distract
(2) suppress
(3) discourage
(4)contaminate
(5) detain
3
22.At the end of a long quest Alpert found answer to his question at the feet of Neem Karoli Baba in Kainchi near Nainkel Neem karoli Baba accepted Richard Alpert just as he accepted several hundred other young America as_____ . Richard Alpert was given the spiritual name , ram Dass, and asked to return to America . in 1971, he published a best seller. Be here now . A young Steve job read Baba Rama Dass book and was influenced by it to travel to _
A young Steve job read Rama dass book and was influenced by it to travel to
- Asia
- Uttarakhand
- India
- South Asia
Question 1: Sentences of a paragraph are given here in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The skills to make India a global handloom hub exist but they are dying for lack of proper infrastructure and planning.
B. India has over nine million textile craftspeople, with skills unmatched by any other country.
C. Today ‘handmade’ and ‘handloom’ are becoming sought after international brands, and new markets and buyers are emerging.
D. These people also have an enormous repertoire of designs going back generations and creating textiles in hundreds of different techniques.
Options:
A. C, D, B, A
B. A, D, B, C
C. B, D, C, A
D. D, C, B, A
Answer: Option C – D, C, B, A
Question 2: Select the option that is the meaning of the underlined words/segment in the given context. Please allow me to pick your brain on this topic.
A. to find fault in you
B. to talk to an intelligent person such as you
C. to irritate you
D. To obtain more information from you
Answer: Option D – To obtain more information from you
Question 3: She kept looking at the men behind the counter in utter disbelief -she had thought the Thanjavur painting would _, _ as the gems were not precious
A. Cost an arm and a hand, but it was dirt cheap
B. Cost an arm and a leg, but it was dead cheap
C. Cost an arm and a leg, but it was dirt cheap
D. Cost two arms and both legs, but it was dirt cheap
Answer: Option B – Cost an arm and a leg, but it was dead cheap
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:Under the harsh light of a naked blue bulb, the handloom weaver sits in a pit, craning his neck over a loom, manipulating a mass of threads. Slowly frame by frame, a paisley motif emerges on fuchsia pink silk, sourced from South India. Banaras silk is mentioned in the Rig Veda and Buddhist history texts, which, together with images from the Mughal court, provide clues to its evolution. Silk-embroidered sarees have been an art form during the Mughal period in the 16th century.
To gain an insight into the intricate weaving process, a visit to the Mehta International Silk Centre helps. Here you can understand the intricacies of the process: difference between phenkua and kadhua: the technique of throwing the shuttle from end-to-end between the threads of the warp, and weaving in the threads, one by one.
Three generations can wear an intricately woven Banarasi saree, and it is more a family heirloom that a mother passes on to her daughter or daughter-in-law. The complexity of design in a Banarasi saree is of the highest order —the highest pixels.
The workers, mostly men, may take 10 days to weave a saree working eight hour shifts on wages as low as Rs 600 per day. If the design is complicated, then the saree may proceed at 2 inches a day and the weaver may even take three months to weave just one saree. Sarees may tell pictorial stories; the motifs on sarees are like a history book of influences —Persian and Mughal and Hindu culture. One can find motifs like asharfi (coin-shape), gainda (marigold flower), chand-tara (moon and star), lateefa (floral bouquet), etc.
Question 4: What is the broad theme of the given passage?
A. The various types of Banarasi sarees.
B. The flourishing weaving industry of Varanasi.
C. The poor condition of the weavers of Varanasi.
D. The intricate weaving process of Banarasi sarees
Answer: Option B – Cost an arm and a leg, but it was dead cheap
Question 5: Which of the following is the odd one out in the history of influences on Banarasi sarees?
A. Buddhist
B. Hindu
C. Persian
D. Mughal
Answer: Option A – Buddhist
Question 6: Three generations can wear an intricately woven Banarasi saree because.
A. It goes through an intricate weaving process.
B. It becomes a family heirloom.
C. It is very strong and lasts for years together.
D. It has a complexity of design of the highest order
Answer: Option A – It goes through an intricate weaving process.
23.Sentences of a paragraph are given here in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The skills to make India a global handloom hub exist but they are dying for lack of proper infrastructure and planning.
B. India has over nine million textile craftspeople, with skills unmatched by any other country.
C. Today ‘handmade’ and ‘handloom’ are becoming sought after international brands, and new markets and buyers are emerging.
D. These people also have an enormous repertoire of designs going back generations and creating textiles in hundreds of different techniques.
a. C, D, B, A
b. A, D, B, C
c. B, D, C, A
d. D, C, B, A
Answer: Option c – D, C, B, A
24.Select the option that is the meaning of the underlined words/segment in the given context. Please allow me to pick your brain on this topic.
a. to find fault in you
b. to talk to an intelligent person such as you
c. to irritate you
d. To obtain more information from you
Answer: Answer: Option d – To obtain more information from you
25.She kept looking at the men behind the counter in utter disbelief – she had thought the Thanjavur painting would _, _ as the gems were not precious.
a. Cost an arm and a hand, but it was dirt cheap
b. Cost an arm and a leg, but it was dead cheap
c. Cost an arm and a leg, but it was dirt cheap
d. Cost two arms and both legs, but it was dirt cheap
Answer: Option b – Cost an arm and a leg, but it was dead cheap
